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Norvell says he won’t coach No. 15 Memphis in Cotton Bowl
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Former Memphis coach Mike Norvell says he won’t coach the Tigers in the Cotton Bowl now that he’s taken the Florida State job. Norvell said Tuesday in a letter to Memphis…
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The Latest: Toledo left out of bowl berths despite 6-6 mark
6:30 p.m. Toledo is not headed to a bowl despite going 6-6 this season. With 79 teams bowl eligible and 78 slots available, there was going to be a team left out. The Rockets lost…
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Florida State introduces Mike Norvell as Seminoles’ coach
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Mike Norvell was the first coach Florida State interviewed for its football vacancy and though the search took school administrators around the country, they kept coming back to the man running…
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AP Top 25 Takeaways: Who’s in CFP is easy; But Who’s No. 1?
Picking the four teams to play in the College Football Playoff will be easy for the selection committee. LSU, Ohio State, Clemson and Oklahoma all took care of business in their conference championships Saturday —…
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No. 16 Memphis wins AAC title, coach heads to Florida State
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Memphis coach Mike Norvell made his final home game at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium memorable. Norvell and the Tigers captured the American Athletic Conference championship — after failing the previous two…
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College Football Picks: Searching for upsets to scramble CFP
Championship weekend rarely produces the type of upsets that throw the national championship race into turmoil. Heading into this year’s slate of conference title games, a case could be made that No. 1 LSU (No.…
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Rhule, Riley take much different paths to Big 12 title game
WACO, Texas (AP) — Matt Rhule stepped into a volatile situation at Baylor, leaving his home in the Northeast to take over a program with a depleted roster in the aftermath of a scandal that…
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Ohio St, LSU, Clemson, UGA in CFP position; Utah, OU next
Ohio State will go into championship weekend as the top team in the College Football Playoff selection committee’s rankings, followed by LSU, Clemson and Georgia. Utah, Oklahoma and Baylor are on deck, and that could…
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All-America Watch: Championship weekend’s best matchups
Only the best of the best get to play this weekend in college football. Championship weekend crowns the winner of 10 Bowl Subdivision conferences and matches up some big-time players. A look at some of…
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AP Top 25 Reality Check: Examining ‘Bama’s drop from top 5
The Associated Press college football poll is a subjective and mostly backward-looking assessment, especially late in the season. Voters sprinkle in some speculative forecasting when trying to order the plethora of teams that have never…
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